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Meet the Unsecuring Infrastructures cohort
Sep 18, 2026 · original
Today we announce the 14 participants taking part in Unsecuring Infrastructures as part of AND Festival 2026. Across the festival weekend, invited experts and selected participants will experience the festival together before taking part in structured interdisciplinary discussions. In Disordered Attention, Claire Bishop argues that politically timed artistic interventions can perform “conjunctural analysis”, condensing the contradictions of their historical moment into highly abbreviated form. As a temporary, site-responsive festival arriving at the moment Barnsley is being recast as the UK’s first Tech Town, AND has considerable interventionary potential. Dr Nathan Jones’ Distributed Critique methodology gathers the different forms of expertise required to unpack this potential. They’ll use immersive and site-specific art experiences to combine the resulting insights into a multifaceted
CLOSED: Unsecuring Infrastructures Open Call
Aug 12, 2026 · original
How might an encounter with contemporary art change what becomes visible within your own field of research? For Unsecuring Infrastructures at AND Festival 2026 , we are inviting PhD and postdoctoral researchers to join a small interdisciplinary research group in Barnsley. Barnsley is a former coal town now designated as the UK’s first government-backed Tech Town , with a programme exploring how AI and digital technologies can support public services, education, local businesses, skills and infrastructure. The festival’s commissions bring this technological transformation into contact with industrial memory, public space, identity, ecology and possible futures for the town. Building on Unsecurities Lab , an interdisciplinary research initiative at Lancaster University exploring contemporary art as research infrastructure, the workshop uses an experimental method called Distributed Critiqu
Opportunity: Volunteer at AND Festival 2026
Jul 23, 2026 · original
We are looking to create a team of volunteers to support us with our live events across AND Festival 2026 this September. Abandon Normal Devices is renowned for producing the UK’s only nomadic, site-responsive digital arts festival, commissioning works that combine creativity, technology and science. This year, AND Festival 2026 lands in Barnsley for its 10 th edition on 25 th – 27 th September. Rooted in the area’s industrial heritage and meeting Barnsley’s ambitions to be the UK’s leading Tech Town, this festival edition explores our relationship with infrastructure, memory, technology and the hidden systems that shape everyday life. The festival programme features site-responsive installations, spatial audio experiences, durational audiovisual work, interactive gaming, augmented reality, film premieres and talks. Volunteers are a vital part of the AND Festival team and we would love y
Announcing the AND Festival 2026 programme
Jul 16, 2026 · original
Full programme and tickets are now live for the 10th edition of AND Festival . You can now unpack our festival programme of commissions, immersive installation, durational audiovisual work, films, urgent conversations and stimulating talks, taking place online and in unexpected locations across Barnsley and Elsecar. In this festival edition, we explore infrastructure as a lived material and cultural condition, illuminating the connection between people and place. We examine the networks, historical extraction legacies, and social climates that underpin contemporary life in the North of England. Across sound, simulation, and participatory systems, the festival dwells in the liminal zones of place, where infrastructures reveal the uneven geographies of industry, ecology, and community, and collective imaginaries take shape through shared experience. AND Festival 2026 presents playful oppor
Introducing our first wave of artists for AND Festival 2026
Jun 18, 2026 · original
Using Barnsley as a site for experimentation, artists Dian Joy and Jazmin Morris, and spatial sound collective MONOM will each embark on a bold new commission in response to how built environments shape how we live, move and connect. We’re pleased to be sharing the first artists confirmed for AND Festival 2026. Landing in Barnsley in 25-27 September , this year’s festival explores infrastructures as a lived material and cultural condition, from histories of extraction and labour to food markets, independent cultural venues, post-industrial heritage sites, systems, and networks. The everyday structures we pass through and depend on, often without noticing. The three commissions bring together British-Nigerian interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Dian Joy , whose work critically examines selfhood and identity in the digital era; Leeds-based artist and educator Jazmin Morris , who interro
The power of K-pop: Hwa Young Jung and Wild Natures
Jan 16, 2026 · original
Artist and AND Creative Associate Hwa Young Jung has been working on Wild Natures , a long-term project exploring the experiences of migrant communities in the climate crisis discussion. As part of our collaborative partnership within the AND Creative Associates programme, Hwa Young has been sharing her socially engaged practice with us as we utilise this opportunity to better support our research and development. Hear more from Creative Associate Hwa Young about Wild Nature’s latest iteration below, using K-pop as a vehicle to creatively connect with issues around migration, biodiversity loss and collective belonging. My 6 months as an AND Creative Associate has been spent half reading, thinking and formulating a theory of practice. The other half has been practising and testing this theory with people. I’m really grateful to have this gift of time and money to explore these circles of
AND Festival returns for 2026
Dec 1, 2025 · original
AND Festival, the UK’s only nomadic festival of art, technology and digital culture, returns for its landmark 10th edition in Barnsley on Fri 25 – Sun 27 September 2026. Over one transformative weekend, AND will deliver extraordinary art and site-responsive installations, collaborating with visionary artists and creative technologists that push the boundaries of immersive experiences. Be the first to hear about the festival artists, events and tickets by signing up to our newsletter . Activating in South Yorkshire for the first time, the festival ignites Barnsley into a temporary site to test ambitious new ideas and platform radical international and local artists. From innovative XR (Extended Reality) installations, performances and screenings, to stimulating talks from leading experts, the festival meets Barnsley’s ambitions to be the UK’s leading digital town , and to the North’s iden
Introducing AND’s new Associate Board Members
Oct 20, 2025 · original
We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new Associate Board Members, Tom Shennan and Bridget Coderc. As part of our commitment to leadership and sector development, our Associate Board Members will work alongside the AND Board of Trustees, through a 12 month development programme. The programme supports individuals to gain board-level experience and explore the purpose of the role, whilst contributing fresh perspectives to the organisation’s strategic direction. We are excited by what Tom and Bridget bring to the table, and look forward to working with them over the next 12 months as we work towards the 10th edition of AND Festival . Tom Shennan Tom is an artist and filmmaker working in expanded cinema. Their practice explores play, sensory perception, and audience agency, drawing on autistic and queer experiences to create often absurdist works. Their BBC Arts-commissioned sho
Introducing AND’s new Board Members
Oct 20, 2025 · original
We are pleased to announce the appointment of four new members to our Board of Trustees; Alex Boyes, Charmian Griffin, Anouk Focquier and Clémence Rebourg. This appointment comes at a pivotal moment for the organisation, as we begin preparations for the 10th edition of AND Festival in 2026, a major milestone that marks almost two decades of pushing boundaries at the intersection of art, technology, and immersive experiences in unusual spaces. John Herring, Chair of the Board says: “I am delighted to welcome four new trustees to the board who continue to represent our commitment to attracting people into the organisation with a diversity of thought, experience and culture who operate in spaces which will truly benefit the organisation.” Bringing a wealth of experience across digital culture and creative programming, we are excited that their collective practices align closely with AND’s c
AND joins Somerset House Studios’ new interdisciplinary programme, n-Space
Sep 17, 2025 · original
We are pleased to announce our participation in n-Space – a new initiative for interdisciplinary collaboration that brings together artists, technologists, academics, and industry professionals, led by Somerset House Studios. AND, alongside our collaborator School of Digital Arts (SODA) at Manchester Metropolitan University, will host Hypersea (Hannah Cobb) as part of the initiative, encouraging interdisciplinary experimentation across art and technology. In collaboration with key academic and cultural partners, n-Space will be an evolving workspace and network, supporting a diverse range of practitioners and collaborations, focused on process, creative inquiry and outcomes that don’t fit within traditional institutional platforms. The initial pilot programme will be a series of funded fellowships for an interdisciplinary cohort of six practitioners, invited and selected by the partners

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